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Title: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: werase643 on March 27, 2006, 06:25:03 PM
what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
today I was driving on the Blue Ridge Parkway
mile post....142
slowed down an looked eye to eye at an.....EMU

not what i expected to see walking down the side of the road
Title: Re: what is the weidest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: bubba zanetti on March 27, 2006, 06:28:55 PM
Quote from: werase643 on March 27, 2006, 06:25:03 PM
what is the weidest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
today I was driving on the Blue Ridge Parkway
mile post....142
slowed down an looked eye to eye at an.....EMU

not what i expected to see walking down the side of the road

Bah, I see them all the time, along with kangaroos & drop bears  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: what is the weidest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: vtlion on March 27, 2006, 06:32:47 PM
I guess the most unexpected thing I ever saw while riding came as a took a sharp turn on a backroad that wound through a farm.  I got a great posterior view of the largest pig I have ever seen.... humping the second largest pig I have ever seen on the side of the road   :o  That had to be at least a combined total of 500 lbs of bacon jiggling right next to me.  If  I had hit them I think I may have even topped Kerry's famous collision story.
Title: Re: what is the weidest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: ajgs500 on March 27, 2006, 06:52:33 PM
One morning riding home from work at about 5:45am I saw a guy pull over and pick up a hooker.  I also saw two horses engaged in reproduction.
Title: Re: what is the weidest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: un1261 on March 27, 2006, 06:52:46 PM
A small block ford sitting in the middle of I-10, the ford truck was in the bar ditch with it's back axle dragging behind it. :o
Title: Re: what is the weidest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: Onlypastrana199 on March 27, 2006, 07:42:53 PM
I win this one.....

While riding some twisties in sheep country...I saw a man...easily 300 pounds...bald and hairy....on roller blades...wearing only a bright orange speedo.... :o :o throwing up in a full face...bad idea!
Title: Re: what is the weidest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: werase643 on March 27, 2006, 08:13:12 PM
Quotebubba zanetti
Bah, I see them all the time, along with kangaroos & drop bears  :icon_mrgreen:

it would be like you seeing a raccoon  interesting, but doesn't belong where you live

uh, WTF is a drop bear?
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: Egaeus on March 27, 2006, 08:34:01 PM
A drop bear is a koala.  They like to drop out of trees and use their 3-inch fangs and 6-inch claws to chew your scalp off and gouge out your eyes.  Or, at least, that's what the Aussies tell the tourists.  :)
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: Egaeus on March 27, 2006, 08:35:15 PM
I saw a sign that said, "Dry Creek Water Park."  Suggestion: don't jump off of the high-dive. 
Title: Re: what is the weidest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: ajgs500 on March 27, 2006, 08:35:29 PM
Quote from: bubba zanetti on March 27, 2006, 06:28:55 PM
Quote from: werase643 on March 27, 2006, 06:25:03 PM
what is the weidest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
today I was driving on the Blue Ridge Parkway
mile post....142
slowed down an looked eye to eye at an.....EMU

not what i expected to see walking down the side of the road

Bah, I see them all the time, along with kangaroos & drop bears  :icon_mrgreen:

Do you ever see any dingos?????
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: bubba zanetti on March 27, 2006, 09:26:40 PM
Nah no Dingoes around here, they prefer areas that have tourists with babies.  :icon_twisted: I do know someone with a Dingo as a pet instead of having a dog.

There are some wombats around, does that help  :dunno_white:

Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: ajgs500 on March 27, 2006, 09:27:57 PM
Well i really love dingos.
Title: Re: what is the weidest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: annguyen1981 on March 27, 2006, 09:31:45 PM
Quote from: ajgs500 on March 27, 2006, 06:52:33 PM
One morning riding home from work at about 5:45am I saw a guy pull over and pick up a hooker.  I also saw two horses engaged in reproduction.

I guess the hooker was working some overtime into the morning hours. :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: what is the weidest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: bubba zanetti on March 27, 2006, 09:32:48 PM
Quote from: werase643 on March 27, 2006, 08:13:12 PM
Quote  bubba zanetti
Bah, I see them all the time, along with kangaroos & drop bears  :icon_mrgreen:

it would be like you seeing a raccoon  interesting, but doesn't belong where you live

uh, WTF is a drop bear?

I know thats what you meant, I was just having a lend of ya.

QuoteA drop bear is a koala.  They like to drop out of trees and use their 3-inch fangs and 6-inch claws to chew your scalp off and gouge out your eyes.  Or, at least, that's what the Aussies tell the tourists.

Drop bears are like a cross between a Grizzly Bear & a Koala, thats meaner than a Woman with PMS.
Title: Re: what is the weidest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: ajgs500 on March 27, 2006, 09:37:36 PM
Quote from: annguyen1981 on March 27, 2006, 09:31:45 PM
Quote from: ajgs500 on March 27, 2006, 06:52:33 PM
One morning riding home from work at about 5:45am I saw a guy pull over and pick up a hooker.  I also saw two horses engaged in reproduction.

I guess the hooker was working some overtime into the morning hours. :laugh: :laugh:

Yeah i was pretty shocked!!!!!
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: GeeP on March 27, 2006, 09:57:58 PM
I passed a dairy barn going the other way once on a local 2-laner.  Yes, a complete dairy barn.  Like this one, but red:

(http://www.proffittandassociates.com/images/Gothic_Dairy_Barn_01.gif)

As soon as I passed him the 5th wheel came unlatched and he went straight down an embankment with the barn close on his tail.   :laugh:

Oh, and a complete household set up on the side of the road, including fridge and TV plus carpet.  (Pandy might have seen this, it was in San Jose this summer)





Title: Re: what is the weidest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: pandy on March 27, 2006, 10:07:02 PM
Quote from: bubba zanetti on March 27, 2006, 09:32:48 PM
Drop bears are like a cross between a Grizzly Bear & a Koala, thats meaner than a Woman with PMS.

No way!!!  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I....don't think I've ever seen anything much interesting on rides.... I live a dull life...  :cry:
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: Alphamazing on March 27, 2006, 10:21:29 PM
(http://features.cgsociety.org/galleryimages/5225/Drop_Bear.jpg)
Title: Re: what is the weidest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: bubba zanetti on March 27, 2006, 11:32:56 PM
Quote from: pandy on March 27, 2006, 10:07:02 PM
Quote from: bubba zanetti on March 27, 2006, 09:32:48 PM
Drop bears are like a cross between a Grizzly Bear & a Koala, thats meaner than a Woman with PMS.

No way!!!  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:


Way  :laugh:
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: NiceGuysFinishLast on March 28, 2006, 12:36:19 AM
Well, one morning, I got up for work at 8AM, worked until 10PM, and got on the road from Atlanta, GA to Naples, FL.... About 15 miles outside of Naples, by the exit for the local community college, I saw a white male, approximately 20-25 years of age, completely naked, kneeling on the shoulder of the road... uhh.. pleasuring himself.... It scared the piss out of me (I was SUPER tired).. then I laughed so hard that I almost cried..
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: Onlypastrana199 on March 28, 2006, 12:40:22 AM
Quote from: NiceGuysFinishLast on March 28, 2006, 12:36:19 AM
Well, one morning, I got up for work at 8AM, worked until 10PM, and got on the road from Atlanta, GA to Naples, FL.... About 15 miles outside of Naples, by the exit for the local community college, I saw a white male, approximately 20-25 years of age, completely naked, kneeling on the shoulder of the road... uhh.. pleasuring himself.... It scared the piss out of me (I was SUPER tired).. then I laughed so hard that I almost cried..


:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: ajgs500 on March 28, 2006, 12:40:55 AM
Quote from: NiceGuysFinishLast on March 28, 2006, 12:36:19 AM
Well, one morning, I got up for work at 8AM, worked until 10PM, and got on the road from Atlanta, GA to Naples, FL.... About 15 miles outside of Naples, by the exit for the local community college, I saw a white male, approximately 20-25 years of age, completely naked, kneeling on the shoulder of the road... uhh.. pleasuring himself.... It scared the piss out of me (I was SUPER tired).. then I laughed so hard that I almost cried..





You win lol lol lol lol
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: average on March 28, 2006, 01:54:21 AM
 :bowdown: WE'RE NOT WORTHY, WE'RE NOT WORTHY  :bowdown:
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: Codger on March 28, 2006, 04:17:59 AM
I was waiting at an intersection and just before a semi crossed by, he nuked his engine.  Left an oil film on my windshield.  Rod caps and cam followers scattered over a hundred yards.  Usually when you frag an engine from the crank and rods, you don't blow out the valve train.  Looked like Cummins 855 cam followers.
Title: Re: what is the weidest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: pandy on March 28, 2006, 08:25:08 AM
Quote from: bubba zanetti on March 27, 2006, 11:32:56 PM
Quote from: pandy on March 27, 2006, 10:07:02 PM
Quote from: bubba zanetti on March 27, 2006, 09:32:48 PM
Drop bears are like a cross between a Grizzly Bear & a Koala, thats meaner than a Woman with PMS.
No way!!!  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Way  :laugh:

My boyfriend obviously hasn't seen this thread, because he'd vehemently disagree with ya'!  :laugh: :cookoo: :laugh:

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a146/pandyz/angel.gif)
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: Thor S Magic Bathtub on March 28, 2006, 09:11:34 AM
Waiting at a stoplight in Portland, an old Chevy truck on the opposite side suddenly burst into flames. It musta been hot b/c by the time the light turned green for me the front tires were melted.
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: kidcoma on March 28, 2006, 12:56:08 PM
Around Christmas time a few years back I saw a flat bed 18 wheeler hauling a plastic tricycle. I wish I had a camera for that one. On a ride in the canyons I saw a deer that looked like it had a run in with a chupacabra. It's inards were spewed out onto the road almost perfectly intact.
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: DINGO on March 28, 2006, 01:16:01 PM

          ajgs



              G,day
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: natedawg120 on March 28, 2006, 01:25:45 PM
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i saw a dingo today at work  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I havn't seen anything to out of the norm.  The on;y thing that pops in my head right now is when i was in college on m way to visit some friends at home a semi driving up 81 had a blowout right next to a dude, with GF/Wife, in a Porche 911.  It scared him and he jerked the wheel away, right into the gaurd rail.  I stoped to make sure everyone was alright and got the license plates of the semi and gave it to them and waited for the cops.  I knew it wasn't the semi's fault but just covered the bases.  Everyone was alright and i contunued on my way home.
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: hInstance on March 27, 2015, 11:46:16 PM
I was taking a back road through Neerim East on my way to Noojee when I came over a crest and came across a steam traction engine turning off the road into a drive way. There were two guys in the cab so the standing one might have been instructing the driver. They waited for me to pass. I love steam powered machinery so I stopped up the road to watch him. He tooted his whistle and I tooted my horn back. Great country ride and surprise sights!  :thumb:
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: Watcher on March 28, 2015, 03:33:43 PM
9 year necro!  That's gotta be a record!


Well, anyway.  Now that the topic is back up, weirdest thing I ever saw while riding was a big-ass hawk or eagle or something that flew right over my head.  It was so quick I didn't see what it was, but it was so close and so big over my head it made me almost run my bike off the road!  I spun around to see like a 5 foot wingspan just dip over the treeline.
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: Janx101 on March 30, 2015, 10:19:24 AM
Reading the last few of the old comments, I've seen similar to the exhibitionist. ..
Beside a freeway, about 4 in the afternoon. .. car with bonnet open and much steam/smoke? (But no fire) .. peak hour crawling traffic, bloke must have got sick of trying to get someone to stop and help....
So he faced the traffic and whipped it out and started going for it! ... I was still 200m before him and had been considering stopping. ... but well. .. someone angry/unstable enough to do that? .. just cruised on by! .. sirens could be heard in the distance a short time later!
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: Toogoofy317 on March 30, 2015, 11:50:36 AM
Saw this guy the other day!
(http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr264/Toogoofy317/SAM_1225_zpszdbtpkoc.jpg)

But, my worst experience was riding along a curvy road saw some vultures was really hoping they heard my bike and would move. Right as I got there they scattered unfortunately one dropped a piece of road kill and it hit me in the face (Thank God for Full-Face helmets). Must of had some bone in it because it did a number to my visor. But, the smell was so bad I had to pull over and throw up!

Mary
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: Slack on April 01, 2015, 07:26:27 PM
^That sucks^

Was driving along a curvy road one time and saw the Oscar Meyer Weiner Mobile parked in a small gravel pull off. I didn't realize they actually drove the thing around.  It's big.
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: Iarn on April 02, 2015, 05:59:24 AM
I have only been riding for about 5 months now, so I haven't seen too much.

The funniest thing I've seen was a redneck.

Riding along a long straight I got behind this slow poke going 30 in a 55.  I down shifted to third and Ele starts screaming, as I go to pass this car, I notice this red neck who was checking his mail on the side the road. When he heard us coming he pointed at me, did a little hop, clicked his heels, then did one of those loud whistles people can do with their fingers and pointed me down the road in the most dramatic fashion I've ever seen.

Made my day.
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: Janx101 on April 02, 2015, 10:34:39 PM
 :D :D :bowdown: that's awesome! ^
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: BockinBboy on April 03, 2015, 08:21:27 PM

Quote from: Slack on April 01, 2015, 07:26:27 PM
^That sucks^

Was driving along a curvy road one time and saw the Oscar Meyer Weiner Mobile parked in a small gravel pull off. I didn't realize they actually drove the thing around.  It's big.

Lol there is one of these that traveled my college campus - would see it nearly everyday come job fair time.

- Bboy
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: Kijona on April 07, 2015, 12:05:52 PM
I saw someone's car explode...kind of.

I was at a gas station and putting on my helmet when I saw an early 90's Civic pull up to the pump. From where I was standing, I could see fire "dripping" onto the ground; either there was a small fuel leak or something plastic was on fire and dripping down. Either way, I went over to him and said "Hey! Your car is on fire!". Well, apparently the guy didn't speak any English at all. He looked Hispanic so I pointed under the car and yelled "FUEGO!". He immediately figured out what I was saying and jumped back into his car to move it away from the pump.

It's a good thing he moved the car, because only moments after he got back out, it erupted into 6-8 foot flames. It was pretty f'kin intense.
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: The Buddha on April 07, 2015, 04:02:15 PM
Quote from: Toogoofy317 on March 30, 2015, 11:50:36 AM
Saw this guy the other day!
(http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr264/Toogoofy317/SAM_1225_zpszdbtpkoc.jpg)

But, my worst experience was riding along a curvy road saw some vultures was really hoping they heard my bike and would move. Right as I got there they scattered unfortunately one dropped a piece of road kill and it hit me in the face (Thank God for Full-Face helmets). Must of had some bone in it because it did a number to my visor. But, the smell was so bad I had to pull over and throw up!

Mary

Oh sheesh ... please tell me you shot it and took it home to make delicious alligator steak ...
Even now my son will squeal with delight if you suggest it.
He publicly declared wanting to eat alligator cos the food at his uncle's wedding was not great ... in the center of a 1000 vegetarians in a religious setting ... thank god 1/2 of them didn't understand his language and accent, the other 1/2 didn't think people eat alligator and the third 1/2 thinks the child is basically god. His grandparents worship him so anything will fly ...
Cool.
Buddha.
Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: hInstance on April 19, 2015, 11:57:51 PM
I got off my bike today and found this wasp sitting next to my man parts :icon_eek: :o

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Title: Re: what is the weirdest thing that you have seen while riding/driving?
Post by: Janx101 on April 20, 2015, 03:47:40 AM
That is a European Wasp. ... the ones that get into fizzy drink cans and get partly swallowed and sting in the mouth/neck!

... lucky she didn't zap you in the leg/crotch!... or it woulda been very painful!...

Lots more people have allergic reaction to these beasties than bees!